Would you genetically augment your children?

[Sawyer]

Congratulations, the perfect human cockroach....

fyi amalgamation of Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie.

... I'd hit.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

You're so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you don't stop to think if you should.

Anyhow, Federation law strictly prohibits genetic augmentation.

What they call discovery...I call the rape of the natural world.

 

[NickNitro]

My only argument

If you found out your unborn baby was going to be disfigured/have a life threatening disease you wouldn't genetically change them to preserve life?

 

[moviedoors]

If I could genetically alter my future children, then I would actually want to have children.

 

[Suirou]

sure - only to ensure that my kid would be deaf like me.

 

[Enriquespy]

I would only genetically alter my children so they wouldnt have to deal with genetic health issues such as something like a low metabolism/acne/heart disease/etc. I wouldn't like to change anything else.

Same here.

 

[Ultimatehero]

Hell to the yeah. I'd give my kid green hair, blue eyes, handsome, invulnerability, and razor claws. I'll call him Rex. Now THAT is a kid.

 

[Manic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_12_Looks_Just_Like_You

 

[childeroland]

Absolutely. Give them every advantage possible. And if everyone was augmented, they'd still have to work hard to compete.

 

[Suirou]

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_12_Looks_Just_Like_You

That was the episode i thought of.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

If I could genetically alter my future children, then I would actually want to have children.

Me too, except my kid must have schizophrenia.

Basically the Jeff Goldblum character's philosophy from the movie The Fly.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

... I'd hit.

"It" would be the only accurate designation.

 

[Sawyer]

Hey... be nice to shim.

 

[Manic]

Thinking about it, I'm really not sure which is worse (between Gattaca and Number Twelve).

In Gattaca, if you're not genetically augmented, you'll go through life as a second class citizen, no matter how much better you might be at things than most augmented people.

In Number Twelve, anyone who refuses to go through with The Transformation gets it forced on them, brainwashed into accepting it, and are rendered too drugged up to protest anything ever again.

 

[Breogan]

... I'd hit.

Yeah but Shim would eventually be so genetically and psychologically removed from your prehistoric ilk, that it wouldn't even go near you.

 

[Marvolo]

I'd see to it they had the best health possible and no genetic defects. And I think we can all agree...no ginger.

 

[Manic]

I can take or leave gingers. It's blonds I don't typically find myself attracted to.

 

[NickNitro]

So you'd want to make your baby someone you're attracted to? This got weird fast

 

[Manic]

I'm talking about other people's babies some 20 years down the line when I'm middle aged and prowling for genetically perfect totty.

 

[NickNitro]

Well lets hope you're not disappointed lol

 

[Pink Ranger]

... I'd hit.

Wow, a mammal and bipedal? You really are holding out for Ms. Right, aren't you?

 

[Sawyer]

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[Soapy]

If I could genetically alter my future children, then I would actually want to have children.

Haha, pretty much.

 

[socool]

Only if my child has a disorder that I can fix. Asthma? New and improved lungs. Blind? Give 'em some snazzy new specs. Poor immune system? Pump that bastard full of nano-machines.

But would I ever augment my child to make them superior to everyone else? No ****ing way. Never.

 

[jaqua99]

You're so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you don't stop to think if you should.

Anyhow, Federation law strictly prohibits genetic augmentation.

yesss listen to Ian Malcolm!